Combined mosquito-bar and table attachment for bedsteads.



M. E. O. OOWDREY. COMBINED MOSQUITO BAR AND TABLE ATTACHMENT FORBEDSTEADS.

APPLIGATION FILED. DEG. 17, 1907.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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THE NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

M.E. O. GOWDREY. COMBINED MOSQUITO BAR AND TABLE ATTAGHMENT FORBBDSTEADE APPLICATION FILED DEO.17, 1907.

905,660. Patented Dec. 1 1908.

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. socket rod B and a curved MARY E. O. OOWDREY, OF EARLY COUNTY,GEORGIA.

COMBINED MOSQUITO-BAR AND TABLE ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Application filed December 17, 1907. Serial No. 406,844.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. C. OowDRnY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the county of Early and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Mosquito-Barand Table Attachment for Bedsteads, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improved attachment for bedsteads, outs and cribs forsu orting a mos uito bar or canopy and a table over the be l.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts areas hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawing in whichFigure 1 is a erspective view showing my improved attac ment applied toa bed. Fig. 2 is mainly a vertical section of the lower portion of theattachment, the frame or support proper for the mosquito bar or netbeing omitted. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the collapsible frame orsupport for a mosquito net. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thebedstead-rail clamp. Fig. 5 is a cross section of the lower portion ofthe socket bar or rod forming a member of the bedstead clamp. Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the interlocking ends of the socket bar and thegooseneck or bar supporting the mosquito net.

A indicates the clam B a socket bar or rod forming a portion 0 the clamand serving as a support for an adjustab e table, C, and for thegoose-neck or curved rod D, that supports the collapsible frame E, whichin turn supports the mosquito bar, or net, F. As shown in Figs. 2 and 5,the clamp A is formed of the lower portion of the vertical bar I), aportion of which is parallel to the bar B and whose upper portion iscurved laterally and rovided with an elongated slot 6 through w ich therod B passes, a clamp screw 6 being ap lied at the end of the slottedportion and a apted to bear against the rod B. The remaining member ofthe clam consists of a device 6 in the end of a slotte bar having aclampscrew 1) attached, the same being adapted to receive the lowerortions of the bars B and b. The device 3 being attached it is apparentthat the rods B, b, may be slipped down over a bedstead rail, as shownin Fig. 1, and the device 6 then slipped up over the ends of the partsB, b, whereupon, the screws 6 I) being tightened, the rail is clampedtightly between the parts B, 6. Another clamp-screw b the upper portionof the bar B, but ordinarily its use is not necessary. As shown in Fig.6, a plate or cushion of rubber or other soft elastic material may besecured to the inner side of the socket bar B, which is slightlyflattened in order to prevent abrasion of the outer side of the bedsteadrail. 1

The lower ortionof the bar B is preferably made so id while the upperportion is necessarily made hollow and adapted to receive the tenon, orlower end, of the curved bar, or goose-neck, D. The latter is soconstructed as to extend over a bed, as shown in Fig. 1, and to its freehorizontal end is attached the frame or support for the mosquito canopyF. Such frame is constructed similarly to an umbrella frame, the ribsbeing, however, straight and adapted to be extended horizontally so asto form a flat surface as shown. The outer ends of the ribs areperforated like the ribs of an umbrella and the top of the entire frameis covered with netting tightly stretched and to this around the entireedge another piece of netting is gathered to the fullness desired. Theconnection between the collapsible frame E and the goose-neck D iseffected by a curved arm E having at its lowerlend a socket 6 providedwith a clam -screw for securing the same to the goose-nee The arm andsocket are preferably cast integral with the slidable tube e forming apart of the collapsible frame E. In order to revent the gooseneckrotating in the socket B, the latter is provided, as shown in Figs. 2and 7, with four notches b in its upper end and the gooseneck withcorresponding lugs (1 adapted to enter said notches. This constructionadapts the standard B to be attached on either side of a bedstead or tothe foot of the same since the goose-neck may in each case be adjustedover the bed.

In Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown the table attachment C which may beapplied to and supported adjustably on the ar E, and which forms the subect of a divisional aplication filed by me Oct. 12, 1908, Serial may beapplied ton I thus provide, by a simple economical a construction, amosquito bar for bedsteads, cots, and cribs, which may be easily andquickly attached and detached, and adjusted higher or lower and in otherways as required by conditions; further, that the main parts maybedetached from each other and packed:

com actly for storage or transportation.

hat 1 claim is:

1. The improved attachment comprising the bedstead clamp, a verticalsocket bar forming a part of the clamp, a goose-neck supported on saidbar, a collapsible frame for sup orting a mosquito net proper, saidframe having a slidable sleeve portion provided With a curved arm havinga socket and clamp-screw for attaching it to the free end of thegoose-neck, substantially as described.

2. In a bedstead attachment of the class indicated, a vertical baradapted for attachment and support of a mosquito-bar frame, the said barforming one side of a bedstead clamp, and the remaining portionconsisting of a second shorter bar having a curved and slotted topportion, and a slotted device adapted to receive the parallel portionsof the two bars, and clamp-screws applied as shown and described.

MARY E. C. COWDREY. Witnesses:

L. L. LYON, W. D. CoWDREr.

